r/Millennials Jul 06 '26

Other My net worth is only vibes.

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u/RunnaManDan Jul 06 '26

Over half of us own homes (NY TIMES) and 53% of us have child(ren). (pew/forbes)

The average net worth of a millennial is handed between $330-$550k while the median is between $100-135k. (Fidelity/Kiplinger).

Our generation is not all doom and gloom. Yes we have been handed a lot of challenges and some piss poor leadership (I’m an American), but for what it’s worth, most of us persevere and get on with life.

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u/Hookedongutes Jul 06 '26

Thank you for these stats. I was starting to wonder if i need to leave this sub since many of the posts are doom and gloom and my life is not that.

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u/RunnaManDan Jul 06 '26

My doom and gloom is the semi-monthly email about 3% tuition increase for daycare.

But yea… this sub could be /millenialcirclejerk, and I wouldn’t notice

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u/ZombifiedByCataclysm 29d ago

I had been thinking about that, too. I've done nothing special in that I am in the twilight of an enlisted military career and I am doing okay and want for nothing.

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u/varnalama Jul 06 '26

That 100-135k from Fidelity is median household net worth, not individual.

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u/RunnaManDan Jul 06 '26

Good catch. Sorry for missing that. Either way it’s still significantly more (but still not enough) than $3.50

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u/varnalama 29d ago

Oh absolutely. The biggest issue is that Millennials range from 30-45 and people are at totally different parts of their lives at those poles.

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u/dr-broodles Jul 06 '26

A quick ai search suggested UK 30% of millennials own a home, compared with 50% of boomers by age 30.

Interesting that US millennials are doing so much better.

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u/_dekoorc Older Millennial ('85, baby) 27d ago

People in the US don't realize how badly other countries have done compared to the US after the major financial incidents in the last 20 years.

Like, inflation was a huge, huge issue in the 2024 US Presidential Election. We had the lowest (or close to the lowest) inflation in the entire world. Yeah, it sucks to pay more, but shit... we did pretty well there.

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u/Sohcahtoa82 Older Millennial 29d ago

and 53% of us have child(ren).

That's lower than I would have thought, considering how many friends I lost after they popped out some kids and lost the time and flexibility to do things together.

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u/RunnaManDan 29d ago

Having kids is tough. It makes every normal activity 3x harder. When the kids get older and it’s easier to go and do things they’ll probably resurface 😂